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Career Details :: Ship Carpenters and Joiners
Description
Fabricate, assemble, install, or repair wooden furnishings in ships or boats.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Reads blueprints to determine dimensions of furnishings in ships or boats.
- Assembles and installs hardware, gaskets, floors, furnishings, or insulation, using adhesive, hand tools, and power tools.
- Shapes irregular parts and trims excess material from bulkhead and furnishings to ensure fit meets specifications.
- Cuts wood or glass to specified dimensions, using hand tools and power tools.
- Transfers dimensions or measurements of wood parts or bulkhead on plywood, using measuring instruments and marking devices.
- Constructs floors, doors, and partitions, using woodworking machines, hand tools, and power tools.
- Greases gears and other moving parts of machines on ship.
- Shapes and laminates wood to form parts of ship, using steam chambers, clamps, glue, and jigs.
- Repairs structural woodwork and replaces defective parts and equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
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- Drywall Installers
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Rough Carpenters
- Stonemasons
- Tile and Marble Setters
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Standing
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